Challenging Behaviour Project

Helping families of children and adults with Learning disabilities and behaviour described as challenging.

Carers Gloucestershire, in partnership with Challenging Behaviour Foundation, is working with families and local organisations as part of the Challenging Behaviour Strategy in these areas:

Empowering families to get their voices heard by decision makers.

Developing a Family to Family support scheme and train family carer volunteers to act as a listening ear for other family carers.

Free family training – Helping families understand their child’s behavior and put strategies to help reduce/improve the intensity by using Positive Behaviour Support

For further information about the project or to find out about becoming a Family Link Volunteer, please contact the Challenging Behaviour Family Development Worker Dawn Rooke on 01452 389342 or on email drooke@carersgloucestershire.org.uk.

FREE Challenging Behaviour Workshops

The workshops will give you basic skills in functional assessment, reactive/proactive strategies and behaviour support plans. The style is interactive and informal – participation is encouraged through discussions and activities in small/whole groups. You can find out more info about the dates and locations for the workshops on our calendar of events.

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Services Guide

Annual Review 2016/17

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We are an independent charity helping unpaid carers in Gloucestershire. Being a carer can be isolating and exhausting. We offer support for carers to help not only their physical and emotional well-being, but to help them to make informed decisions that have a positive, lasting influence on their lives.
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